Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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International SOS, 1st January 2022
Friday Reading Edition 91 (28th January 2022)
Utilising International SOS risk rating algorithm, experts share their views on the future impact, their key predictions and recommendations for organisations to consider when accessing medical risk ratings of specific locations.
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Airmic,Control Risks, 14th December 2021
Friday Reading Edition 87 (17th December 2021)
Airmic and Control Risks revisit the issues surrounding pandemic crisis management for organisations last discussed in September 2020 in the guide New challenges, new lessons, and make the case for risk professionals and their organisations to learn the lessons, boost preparedness and build resilience, in order to steer through the looping nature of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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McKinsey & Co, 7th December 2021
Friday Reading Edition 86 (10th December 2021)
Look at the different stages of a transformation’s life cycle to understand where value is lost and what companies can do to preserve it. According to McKinsey’s analysis, three core actions of a transformation are especially predictive of value capture—and the companies with successful transformations are more likely than the rest to pursue the specific tactics that support them.
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Financial Reporting Council (FRC), 1st December 2021
Friday Reading Edition 92 (4th February 2022)
Released in December 2021, in collaboration with Airmic – The key findings of this report recognise that positive culture should be attained through honest conversations and by building trust, which will support companies in achieving success over time.
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) , 15th November 2021
Friday Reading Edition 90 (21st January 2022)
There is a growing market for technology platforms which support organisations to manage supplier risk, and respondents viewed these as the most effective commercial tool for managing supply chain cyber security risk. The government is committed to supporting this market.
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Herbert Smith Freehills, 10th November 2021
Friday Reading Edition 120 (26th August 2022)
A Supreme Court decision last year highlights the importance of collective bargaining agreements making crystal clear when the collective bargaining process will be treated as exhausted. Where this is not the case, employers would be well advised to seek to negotiate inclusion of such provisions at the earliest opportunity.
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Aviva, 1st November 2021
Friday Reading Edition 79 (22nd October 2021)
This report is report designed to help UK businesses understand the unique risks they face and plan for the future. It found unsurprisingly that public health events topped businesses' key risks followed by changes in legislation and business interruption.
Aviva, 1st November 2021
Friday Reading Edition 53 (9th April 2021)
The risks businesses face are increasingly complicated and interconnected. We’re seeing the rise of non-physical risks like cyber and an uncertain legislative agenda. This risk insights report found, unsurprisingly, that public health events topped businesses' key risks followed by changes in legislation and business interruption.
Airmic,ACCA,Crawford,Lockton,University of Oxford Saïd Business School, 21st October 2021
Friday Reading Edition 78 (15th October 2021)
The fourth publication in our acclaimed “Roads to” thought leadership series is focused on the concept of corporate purpose within a shifting business and risk environment. Corporate purpose has risen up the agenda over the past decade. Roads to Repurposing is an in-depth examination of the concept, aimed at business leaders, policymakers and risk professionals. The report looks at what is being covered under the label ‘corporate purpose’ and ‘repurposing’, why these ideas have acquired such an urgency within the business world, and how companies are applying and using them to improve their business performance and manage risk.
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Airmic,Marsh, 15th October 2021
Friday Reading Edition 80 (29th October 2021)
The reality is that if you’re not going to assess your ESG risk, someone else will. We anticipate that ESG will in time become part of the regular risk management and reporting of all organisations – some more swiftly than others. Now is the time for you to bring your ERM expertise into the ESG strategy conversations.